Mark Graban

Mark Graban
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Mark Graban is an internationally-recognized consultant, author, and professional speaker, and podcaster with experience in healthcare, manufacturing, and startups. Mark's new book is The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation. He is also the author of Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More, the Shingo Award-winning books Lean Hospitals and Healthcare Kaizen, and the anthology Practicing Lean. Mark is also a Senior Advisor to the technology company KaiNexus.

Lean Whiskey #43: 100 Years of Suntory Whiskey; Safety at SpaceX

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Listen: In Episode 43 of the "Lean Whiskey" podcast, Jamie Flinchbaugh and Mark Graban begin by talking about each of our interviews regarding the new...

Effective Change Management: Beyond Rightness to Motivational Engagement [Video & Transcript]

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This is a repost from my blog post about a talk I gave in 2018... I always enjoy the KaiNexus User Conference (now called...

Culinary Mastery Meets Continuous Improvement: Wolfgang Puck at the GE Lean...

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The GE Lean Mindset event back in September was such an exciting day. One of my highlights was not just eating food prepared by...

Webinar Recording: Engaging Senior Leaders to Accelerate Your Continuous Improvement Program

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I'm happy to have hosted a webinar that was presented by Stephanie Hill from KaiNexus, on December 5th at 1 pm. It's titled: Engaging Senior Leaders...

Gene Kim and Steve Spear, Discussing ‘Wiring the Winning Organization’

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guests for Episode #493 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast are Gene Kim and Steve...

Cyber Monday / Week Deal – ‘The Mistakes That Make Us’...

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🚨 Special pricing this week only! 🚨 My latest book, The Mistakes That Make Us: Cultivating a Culture of Learning and Innovation, is on...

Quality Digest: How to Use Mistakes to Improve Quality; Stop Spending...

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I was recently interviewed by Megan Wallin-Kirth for an article she wrote for Quality Digest. I thought she was interviewing me for a broader...

Cyber Monday / Week Deal: “Measures of Success” Signed Copies

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I have a limited number of copies of my book Measures of Success: React Less, Lead Better, Improve More that are available for about...

Thanksgiving and Gratitude – Can We Be Thankful For Waste, Problems,...

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At the hospital on Monday, a chaplain shared a Thanksgiving poem on the theme of being grateful. It struck a chord with me. As a Lean practitioner, it's easy to focus on the waste... the problems... the gaps. We think about what could be and the "ideal state." We strive for perfection and it's easy to lose site of what we have.

Nick Katko on the Role of the Lean CFO, Lean Accounting,...

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Scroll down for how to subscribe, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #492 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Nick Katko, previously here...

Offer: A Free Lean Reflection or Strategy Session with Me, Mark...

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If you're a regular reader of my blog, you might like the way I think or what I have to say. Or maybe not...

Conversation with Amy Edmondson about Learning from Mistakes and Failing Well

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I don't share every episode of the "My Favorite Mistake" podcast here, but today's new episode has great connections to Lean, I think. Or,...